http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4683073.stm
Shehzad Tanweer’s family said that he attended a madrassa for two months in the city of Lahore. That has led to intense media speculation in Britain that he may have been "brainwashed" into carrying out the attacks.
It is widely acknowledged that most madrassas are moderate institutions, providing much needed education and board and lodgings for poorer students. The Koran is studied intensively.
But are some of them "breeding-grounds of terror"?
It is estimated that there are now around 20,000 madrassas in Pakistan, compared to around 137 at the time of partition.
According to the Pakistani newspaper, The News, there are today around 1.7m students who attend such institutions, mainly from poor rural families.
Graduate ceremony at the ‘University of Jihad’ in Pakistan
Many students develop an intolerant, prejudiced… and narrow-minded view of the world
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid
University of Holy War
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Should it? Probably not. But it’s pretty much par for the course as religion is concerned.
March 6th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
All judeo-xian traditions have been or are being used in such a manner, so what?
There is no "should", the universe doesn’t care if we all kill ourselves.
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March 6th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Should it? Probably not. But it’s pretty much par for the course as religion is concerned.
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March 6th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
If only religion truly were the "opiate of the masses". Instead, it’s more like the Jack Daniels or Tequila of the masses (bringing out & encouraging their violent tendencies).
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March 6th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Why not?
Have you heard some of the sermons coming out of the Church Barack Obama attends?
There’s some hate in that building, for SURE.
And that’s here in America.
Not to mention the inter-faith hatred present in a lot of churches around the country.
The Baptist churches I attended as a child were pretty raunchy in that respect, too.
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March 6th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
For a start I think the word Madrassa means school, so saying that all madrassas are teaching this is a rather bad generalization.
Secondly this would not be the first case of a religion being abused to instill hate and keep control, what do you thing the crusades were?
You have to remember that religious or not people are people and so are capable of feelings of hate, anger etc. Most religions are full of morality and guide people towards kindness, love and freedom it is we as people that create the divide and violence. Prejudice comes from our minds not religion.
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March 6th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
That’a not new. Satan is very much alive within every religious group. Do we have the faith and courage to fight them?
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March 6th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
The government should do something about it. The truth about Islam is that to live in harmony wherever they are. So long as the other did not conquer Muslim’s country they should not feel hatred to others.
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